Honda found a bug in the McLaren CPU?

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Originally Posted by mstillhere

So, in your opinion Ferrari suffering 3 engine failures in the same race is just a poor engineering issue? It's just a coincidence that these failures happened just when the ECU was installed. Hum....I don't know. At Ferrari they know how to bulid engines. And I said I truly hope that you are right. it's just a coincidence. I don't dare imagining the consequences if you were not right.

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According to some recent news reports, Ferrari's suffered a valve failure of some kind during the race. At least that might the official version given to press.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

MES have not been proven guilty of anything whatsoever in relation to the ECU, and any stories & rumours there have been about 'glitches' with the unit have yet to be seen to have any foundation whatsoever.

But in this environment it seems unfounded rumours and speculation that is repeated often enough is "proof of guilt" of something...anything. It isn't anything of the sort; it's just unfounded rumours and speculation being repeated.

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Seems about 10 to six months or so ago, everyone was saying the same thing about a certain set of copy shop doucments and rumors of a certian enginneer with white powder on his pants....and then emails and such...all of which turned out to be:
A. unfounded rumour
B. Specualtion
C. All of the bove
D. none of the above

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Originally Posted by janneppi

According to some recent news reports, Ferrari's suffered a valve failure of some kind during the race. At least that might the official version given to press.

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Link please. I have been unsuccessfully looking for xtra info with no results.

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Originally Posted by mstillhere

Link please. I have been unsuccessfully looking for xtra info with no results.

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There you go. ;)
http://www.turunsanomat.fi/f1/?ts=1,...4,1:0:0:0:0:0:

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Originally Posted by mstillhere

Link please. I have been unsuccessfully looking for xtra info with no results.

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There are pobably some rumors flying around. They may be right. This is the latest official word:

Engineers already have a hypothesis as to the cause and this should be confirmed once they are inspected. New engines are currently on their way from Italy to Malaysia and these will arrive on Friday, in order to be fitted for the competitive part of the weekend. As neither car finished the Australian GP, the engine change is penalty-free. Of course, current regulations require a freeze on the actual construction of the power units, but as this is not felt to be the cause of their failure in the first race and as the problem is not believed to be heat related,

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I am surprised at the need to continually mention it, though.

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Me too. But some people still believe that McLaren and RD are purer than a virgin.

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Originally Posted by jjanicke

Well the FIA has already set a precedent when they opted for a standard Bridgestone tire.

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As far as I know only Bridgestone and Michelin took part in the tender.

With Michelin proving in 2005 that they couldn't build a capable tire for every circumstances, the obvious choice was Bridgestone.

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Originally Posted by ioan

As far as I know only Bridgestone and Michelin took part in the tender.

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Well then your knowledge is incorrect.

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Originally Posted by janneppi

There you go. ;)
http://www.turunsanomat.fi/f1/?ts=1,...4,1:0:0:0:0:0:

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I loved reading it. Except for the last two lines, where I was not too sure about a regionalism, everything else made a lot of sense. Thank you. :)

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Originally Posted by jjanicke

Well then your knowledge is incorrect.

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Than correct it! Who else was involved?